Pecorino Palmiers

Last week, I was trying to figure out what appetizers to make for a dinner party. when I went to Simply Recipes and saw the recipe for classic french palmiers, which turn out to be incredibly easy! Â Needless to say, I was shocked — I’ve always thought of these delicate little cookies as fussy and complicated and would never, in a million years, have thought to make them myself.

But I was so completely wrong. Â Thanks to the miracle of frozen puff pastry (it really is great stuff), these take about half an hour or less to make. Â And this is another recipe where your friends won’t be able to believe you made them yourself. Â I promise. Â In fact, I’m not sure my friends actually *did* ever believe that I’d made them myself.

This recipe has two really big factors going for it. Â First, it’s incredibly simple. Â That is a very good thing when you are having a dinner party on a weeknight and trying to find an appetizer that you can get onto the table before your guests arrive! Â Second, it’s so versatile. Â Obviously, you’ve seen these before as a sweet cookie, with sugar filling. Â But you could add pesto, olive tapenade, sundried tomatoes, chopped nuts and honey, or even minced mushrooms as other savory fillings. Â I liked the simplicity, and the one-color effect of the pecorino cheese, so I kept that as the only filling, but it took some serious restraint on my part. Â There are really so many possibilities.

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Roll out puff pastry into about a 10″ by 12″ rectangle.
3. Brush puff pastry lightly with olive oil. Spread grated cheese over the entire sheet.
4. Starting at one side, roll the puff pastry halfway to the center. Repeat with the other side until the two rolls meets at the center.
5. Slice the log into 1/4″ pieces. Place 1-2 inches apart on a baking sheet, and bake for about 12 minutes, or until starting to brown. Serve.

Makes about two dozen small palmiers. Can easily be doubled, tripled, quadrupled… you get the picture.

31 responses so far ↓

These look wonderful! I’ll bookmark this for future entertaining. I’ve never used puff pastry before. I’ve seen so many good recipes featuring it in the last couple of weeks, I’m now inspired to take the leap. I love the pesto tapande suggestions. I would probably combine the two with a touch of feta.

Less than 30 minutes to make all these beauties? Wow, this has got to be on our archive list!
Puff pastry really is amazing. We make it from scratch, it’s a little more work but the best part about it is all the good BUTTER we put in it!

White on Rice Couple — I have been meaning to try making my own, although it’s hard to beat the convenience of the frozen ones. Have a recipe you want to send me???

Grace — We had eaten them all within a few hours, so I’m not totally sure. However, Simply Recipes says that if you store them in an airtight container, they’ll last for a few days, like other cookies!

these look fantastic!! someday when i have more then a bedroom and a bathroom of my own (i.e. a kitchen and a living room…requiring a move out of dormitory-dom) i will DEFINITLY make these for guests!! they would be such a nice gift too…wrapped up in pretty paper, perhaps even different flavors in the same package!! well done!!
hahah I just realized that “kristen” is kristen!! hi kristen!! (whoa i’ve lost it)

I’ve been meaning to make pesto palmiers for a while now, and this inspires me to actually do it! I had shied away from using puff pastry dough due to the high concentration of chemicals and preservatives found in most doughs, but I recently found one (Dufour Pastry Kitchen) that is only five (all natural) ingredients, so I’ve recently gone a little crazy with the stuff — tarts in particular — yum!

You did such a nice job with those! I love pecorino romano, so they sound really tasty to me. Palmiers have been on my list of things to make for awhile. I love that they’re versatile like that. Maybe I’ll try some with pesto.

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I need to try the Pecorino cheese. My recipe that I posted from a past party I catered (so picture is quite so good) has proscuitto and gruyere cheese and fresh sage out of my garden. I’ll try yours, if you try mine I also do a version with nuts and cinnamon.